Pink-clad female US bounty hunters face lawsuit

A trio of pink-clad women in the US, who go by the name the Lipstick Bounty Hunters, are facing a multi-million dollar lawsuit over claims they assaulted and blinded a man in one eye when they tried to take him into custody.

Daniel Duvall, a 35-year-old man who is facing drugs and weapons charges, had been released on bail but the Lipstick Bounty Hunters stepped in when only $1000 of the $5000 paid for him was cleared, US network ABC News reports.

Teresa Golt, owner of the Lipstick Bounty Hunters and a former LAPD officer, said she was hired by the bail bondsmen to take him into custody.

The women confronted Duvall at Arby's restaurant in California on March 18 and filmed the struggle which they then posted online.

Duvall claims he was shot in the eye with a rubber bullet during the confrontation, had his nose broken and was repeatedly tasered.

Duvall's lawyer Dan Gilleon, told the ABC the women were amateurs who were simply chasing fame with their online videos and had committed assault and battery.

"It is like the Wild, Wild West in California as it relates to bounty hunters – and these are some out-of- control female bounty hunters that are being negligent," Mr Gilleon told ABC.